Broken Promises: Romney’s Massachusetts Record

When Mitt Romney ran for governor of Massachusetts, he said that with his private sector experience as a corporate buyout specialist, he was the only man for the job.

He had promised to balance the budget, to keep taxes low, to create jobs—but he didn’t deliver. While the national economy was growing, Massachusetts fell from 36th to 47th out of 50 states in job creation.

Watch this video to see why Romney economics didn’t work then, and won’t work now.